ArtsWestchester announced today that the application portal for the 2024 Arts Alive grant program is open for funding requests from nonprofit groups and individual artists in Westchester and Rockland counties for arts projects. This grant program is made possible through a New York State Senate Arts Initiative. Applications to ArtsWestchester to support cultural activities are being accepted now through March 14, 2024. Funding for this Statewide Community Regrants Program (known as ArtsWestchester’s Arts Alive grant program) has been made available by New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins through the New York State Council on the Arts budget to […]

Embark on a journey of empowerment and education at the upcoming Gala fundraiser hosted by the Yonkers School Board Foundation on March 20th. Join us in honoring the visionary Robert Halmi, who is dedicated to opening doors for the young talent of Yonkers. Hosted by Chris Wragge of CBS News New York and entertainment by Michael Carbonaro of The Carbanaro Effect on TruTV, this black-tie event will be held at Lionsgate Studios Yonkers and promises to be a Hollywood On The Hudson night to remember. Find the invitation and further details in the link below. Click for more information & […]

Ronald McDonald House of the Greater Hudson Valley hosted a Room Naming and Ribbon Cutting event recently for their newly renovated Respite Nook. WPPFFA Local 274 and White Plains PBA dedicated the room in memory of Deputy Chief Kevin Heffernan’s late wife Nancy. She battled cancer since she was 16 years old and her daughter Gabby said her mom had a special place in her heart for families with sick children and always emphasized how important family time is. The family hopes the respite nook can give some of the RM House families special time together. Photo Caption: (L to […]